Combined curtain-pole and shade-bracket support.



PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

J. H. REYNOLDS. COMBINED CURTAIN POLE AND SHADE BRACKET SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1906.

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UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFIOE.

JAMES H. REYNOLDS, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO HUNTINGTONCURTAIN POLE COMPANY, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

COMBINED CURTAIN-POLE AND SHADE-BRACKET SUPPORT- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed January 16, 1906. Serial No. 296,376.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State ofWest Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in CombinedCurtain-Pole and Shade-Bracket Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a combined curtain-pole and shade-bracketsupport designed for adjustable connection with the window frame.

The object of the invention is to provide a curtain-pole andshade-bracket composed of two parts having a telescopic connectionwhereby the device may be conveniently adjusted for application towindows of diiferent widths and having a novel construction ofadjustable hangers whereby the support may be maintained in properhorizontal position without regard to any defective setting of thewindow-frame, and, further, to provide novel means for eifecting aninterlocking connection between the brackets and polesections.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which igure 1 is a perspective view showingthe application of the invention to a windowframe. Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal section through the support. Figs. 3 and 4 arecross-sections through the parts of the rod or pole and showing the twobracket members in side elevation. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinalsection through the sleeve of one of the brackets, showing theadjustable connection of the hangertherewith. Figs. 6 and 7 are sectionstaken on the lines 6 6 and 7 7, respectively, of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is afragmentary perspective view of one of the brackets and connecting endof the rod-section, showing the means for securing an interlockingconnection therebetween. Fig. 9 is a cross-section through the slottedportion of the rodsection shown in Fig. 8.

The support comprises two companion members, each including a hollow rodor pole section, a bracketlate for supporting the same, and a hanger orsupporting the bracket plate. These members, with the exception of thedetails hereinafter referred to, are duplicates, and a detaileddescription of one will accordingly suffice for both.

Each member comprises a hollow rod 1 and a bracket 2, the latterconsisting of a plate of ornamental form and arranged at a right angleto the plane of the rod. The plate is provided with aforwardly-projecting portion 3, notched in its upper edge to form aseat-recess 4 for the reception of the outer end of the rod. The forwardedge of one of the brackets below the portion 3 is formed with one ormore angular slots 5 for the reception of the squared end of theshade-roller shaft, while the forward edge of the other bracket isformed with openings 6 for the reception of the trunnion of theshade-roller, a plurality of these slots and openings being preferablyprovided in order to permit of the shade-roller being hung at differentelevations.

Each pole or rod section 1 is formed of spring metal and longitudinallysplit and is provided at its end which engages the seat 4 with slots 7,disposed on opposite sides of the slitted portion, said slots beingadapted to receive locking-lugs 8, formed upon the side walls of theseat-recess 4. In appl ing the rod to the bracket the slotted end of therod is contracted by pressure, so as to permit the same to be seated inthe recess and the rod then permitted to expand to bring the slottedportions thereof into locking engagement with the lugs 8, thus securelyfastening the rod in position.

The rods 1 extend a short distance beyond the brackets 2 and areprovided with ornamental knobs 10, each knob having a hollow stud orprojection 11 to telescopically engage the projecting end of the rod.The stud or projection 1 l prevents contraction of the end of the rodand accidental disengagement of the same from the lugs 8.

The rear edge of the bracket-plate 2 carries an adjustable hanger 12,comprising a threaded rod having a hooked or laterally-bent end 13,adapted to extend over the upperedge of the lintel of the window-frameand support the bracket therefrom and terminating in a spur 14 to engageand hold it in connection with the frame. The rear edge of thebracketplate is formed with a sleeve 15 to receive the rod, which sleeveis provided with an enlarged or expanded portion 16, receiving andholding from rotary motion a nut 17, engaged by the threaded rod,wh'ereby the hanger may be vertically adjusted. By this construction thesupport may be hung in a true horizontal position u on the window-frameregardless of defects 1n the setting of said frame.

The rods 1 are designed for telescopic connection, one being arranged toslide Within the other, as shown, whereby they may be adjusted to spacethe brackets a greater or less distance apart for application towindowframes of different widths.

It will be observed that the combinationsupport is of simple structure,light, durable, and ornamental and, withal, may be inexpensivelyproduced.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In asupport of the character described, a bracket comprising a flat verticalplate formed at its rear edge with a sleeve having an expanded portion,a nut held Within the expanded portion, and a hanger extending into thesleeve and threaded to engage the nut and provided at its upper end withsuspending means.

2. In a support of the character described, a bracket provided with asleeve having an enlarged portion, a nut held within the enlargedportion, and a hanger extending into the sleeve and threaded to engagethe nut.

3. In a support of the character described,

a bracket having a seatrecess, a hollow rod seated therein, said rodhaving an interlocking connection with the wall of the recess, and aknob having astud entering the rod and holding the parts in interlockingconnection.

4. In a support of the character described, a bracket having aseat-recess and lugs projecting thereinto, a hollow split rod seated insaid recess and having slots receiving the rod, and a knob having a studentering the rod and maintaining the parts in engagement.

5. A combined curtain-pole and shade support comprising brackets havingseat-recesses and lugs projecting into said recesses, adjustable hangerscarried by the brackets to support the same from a window-frame,telescopic rods supported by said brackets, each rod consisting of asplit tube seated at its outer end in the recess of itssupportingbracket and projecting beyond the same and rovided with slotsto receive said lugs, and Iinobs having studs projecting into the outerends of the rods and holding the slotted portions thereof in engagementwith the lugs.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

HUGH MARTINDALE, L. D. ISBELL.

